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CANCER
Definition of CANCER
noun
A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (often rapid) proliferation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), a calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab; ulcer; cancer”), possibly cognate, applied to cancerous tumors because of a supposed resemblence between their enlarged veins and the legs of a crab. Doublet of canker and chancre.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANCER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CANCER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACCENR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CANCER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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